Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

Falmouth, Maine

Objective

Develop the proposed expansion of the church facilities including expanded parking, sidewalks and a children's playground.

BCE Role

Assess the civil/site impacts on the proposed building expansion and provide site/civil design considerations to aid in the design and development stages. BCE also provided an opinion of probable costs for the site/civil improvements as well as a summary of possible permitting efforts.

Considerations addressed the potential impacts of the proposed layout, including: cuts and fills, surface and subsurface drainage, impacts to the existing mature trees, stormwater management, and utility coordination. Portions of an existing gravel driveway were reclaimed as lawn and a grassed, dry-detention basin was installed to mitigate stormwater impacts as part of the proposed improvements.